Webcomic / I Dont Want This Kind Of Hero

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Naga, your everyday normal high school student, is recruited by the government agency SPOON to be a superhero.Of course, he refuses right away. Who in their right mind would ever want to be a superhero anyways?

You have to keep a Secret Identity to prevent villains from targeting your loved ones, you can't hold a decent job because too much of your time and energy is spent on trying to save the world, and no one appreciates the things you do because they don't know that you're out there risking your life to protect everyone else. It's much better to cram for college entrance exams so that you can have a career in something ordinary, right?

Well, actually... every single concern is addressed, and our protagonist will walk the path of a somewhat apathetic superhero after all.

Anti-Hero: Spoon's got a few of these. Naga falls under the 'plain, unmotivated' category, while the likes of Dana and Haze fall under the 'pragmatic jerk' category.

Anti-Villain: Conversely, while some members of Knife are vicious or at least questionably sane, some members such as Orca and Kanna treat the entire thing as more of a job that they're occasionally tired of. Or, like Song Ha, are considerably honourable to the point where you have to wonder why the heck they're with Knife.

Guineung outright lampshades this trope, commenting that kind villains are all the rage since they subvert stereotypes.

Arbitrary Skepticism: The hero briefly finds the idea of summoning demons ridiculous — until his Winged Humanoid companion calls attention to himself. Also, the main character is telekinetic, and his other teammate is a witch.

Art-Style Dissonance: The colors are bright, the art is clean, and while it's generally humorous, the comic touches on things like slavery, human trafficking, obsession, and more.

Berserk Button: Baekmorae himself is this for a few people. Song Ha's betrayal is also apparently one for Sasa.

That girl who asks Guineung about Spoon at the start of the series? She turns out to be a member of Knife, as revealed much later on.

No. 1 can be seen very early on as one of Naga's acquaintances on his way to school. It's not revealed under later that he has ties to Spoon.

Chick Magnet: Sasa, occasionally to his dismay. The author stated that he is objectively the most handsome man that appears in this webcomic. Vivian appears to have him beat, though, as he received more Valentine's Day chocolates. The author stated that he is the one who objectively acts the most gentlemanlike toward women.

Complete Immortality: Research's being done in hopes of achieving it, though nothing entirely successful just yet.

Dark Action Girl: Just as how Spoon has their share of Action Girls, Knife has their share of this, with prominent examples being Medusa and Lady.

Dark and Troubled Past: Despite the series being a gag comic, it's fond of these. Notable examples include Guineung, No. 2, Dune, and Baekmorae. Guineung functions well in spite of it, No. 2's fine as long as certain elements don't come up, Dune's a Shell-Shocked Veteran, and Baekmorae's... Baekmorae.

Even Evil Has Standards: Redrum's minions are nonviolent villains who don't use brutish things like guns. This might have been more admirable if they hadn't said this to Naga and co., whom they had just captured and who were under the impression that they were armed.

Good Is Not Soft: Spoon as a whole tends to veer into this category, but special mentions goes to Sasa, one of the few who outright and very intentionally kills someone who was supposed to just be arrested.

Knight in Shining Armor: Venom attempts to save Tracy from Baekmorae only for their roles to be reversed—Tracy is the gallant hero while Venom is the Damsel in Distress, apparently, complete with hilarious mental imagery on Venom's part.

Laughably Evil: Redrum and co. They go straight to Naga's school to 'speak' with him, only to be told that he's on cleaning duty, so they'll have to wait for him. Hilariously enough, they patiently do.

Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Song Ha and Orca. Funnily enough, the reason Orca grew his hair out was because Medusa commented on Song Ha being this trope.

Love at First Sight: Venom has only ever seen Tracy and never spoken with her. Never mind the fact that he'll never be able to touch her, given their respective powers—he admits that he's never heard her voice and knows absolutely nothing about her personality-wise. Still, he can't help but like her.

No Periods, Period: Averted. One chapter has both Medusa and Dana on their period, with Orca having to go out and buy tampons for the former, while the latter has to explain to Naga why being on your period makes sitting uncomfortable.

King Solomon dishes out a punishment for a serial rapist that is harsh yet practical and PG-rated: rather than killing the criminal outright or condemning him to hell, the culprit's body is magically split into two magnetic halves that repel one another and handed over to the police.

Race Fetish: It is a known fact that mystical creatures in human forms and most Half-Human Hybrids tend to be attractive. At one point a pure human states that it would've been nice to have been born as a Hybrid because of this. Some observing Hybrids refrain from commenting, but their expressions tell how much they disagree. Also, there are Hybrids like Gregor the giant cockroach so it may be a stereotype.

Dune, of a previous mission. It's part of what contributes to his current status as a Shell-Shocked Veteran.

While Vivian and his current team are still alive, Sasa has a nasty tendency to outlive his allies: this is his third team, with over half of his previous teammates appearing to have died at some point. It gets to the point where he seriously considers suicide to join them.

Star-Crossed Lovers: Venom and Tracy, the former living up to his namesake and the latter possessing a purification ability, meaning that they'd die if they touched one another.

Sympathetic Murder Backstory: He didn't quite kill them with his own hands, specifically, but Dune once intentionally left an ally to die in order to save his best friend instead. Just to rub salt into the wound, his friend ended up dying anyway, leaving Dune with a heaping of pointless guilt that he's never forgiven himself for.

The Quiet One: Sasa and Stel, both due to speech problems—Sasa has a short tongue, affecting his pronunciation, and Stel because of his powers.

Taking the Bullet: Dune does a non-fatal version of this for Naga. Considering Dune's backstory and issues, it's especially poignant.

Technicolor Eyes: Tracy has blue eyes mixed with gold—a sign of her being a clone.

Dana is harsh and abrasive, but extremely dere for Oz. To a lesser extent, she's also gentler with Stel than she is with most people.

A less extreme example, but Hyena can easily go between affectionate and temperamental.

Villain Has a Point: Discussed. Orca tells Naga that the organization Spoon belongs to isn't exactly clean, and the fact that the existence of Knife hasn't been publicized throws further suspicion on them. When Naga then relates this to Dana, asking for answers, she admits that that's all true—but does it matter? Even if Spoon has its shady areas, that doesn't change the fact that Knife is full of mass murderers who need to be stopped.

What the Hell, Hero?: Everyone's reaction to Dune secretly deactivating Naga's powers as means of testing him, considering how badly Naga took it.

White Hair, Black Heart: Baekmorae and Haze, the former being one of the main antagonists and the latter being one of the more jerk-ish and pragmatic members of Spoon. No. 1 and No. 2 avert this, however, as they're generally affable people.

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